2.3.2022
Finally, it has rained and the dust has settled. I have planted out the silver beet and parsley seedlings. The other green leafy things have been ravaged by cabbage white butterflies that are in huge numbers this year. Luckily, they don’t like lettuce so we have some self-sown volunteers appearing. The rain has been good for us but in QLD and NSW the floods are horrific. They are occurring more frequently and are getting worse. I think they need to move Brisbane and Lismore at the very least.
The pandemic is still going with thousands of new cases each day. It does seem as if the vaccines are working enough to stop hospital engorgement but today, we reported nearly 30 more deaths in Victoria. Al and his family all got covid but have now recovered. One of the boys had a brief hospital trip with the main feature being electrolyte replacement icy poles. So far Wayne’s family are OK with Ella back at school.
The pandemic is now old news with the trouble in Ukraine. The news we see is horrific and Putin’s nuclear threats terrifying. Really all the news is pretty ghastly and probably best avoided. I am spending my time preserving the last of the summer harvest. We have abundant tomatoes and beans as well as pears and apples now all stacked away in the freezer.
Today we have a local guy and his team repairing our drive. It has lasted years but the intense rain storms have washed away the gravel and created areas of deep ruts. The entrance to our property was in danger of being so damaged that cars had to jump to get out! The road outside is actually worse in some places with 60 cm deep channels at the sides.
Josh and CB are now back from their walking holiday. They camped up on our land in NSW and narrowly missed seeing Indi who also went holidaying up in the mountains. Stevo thinks he can soon start doing the walk between our new car port and the house. This will be so helpful in winter when the mud arrives. Finally, we will be able to reach the cars with clean shoes.
Josh has had his NT work postponed again so he is helping Stevo and working in the brewery. He really wants to do remote work but every time he tries the wait is so long that he is forced to take another job and stick with it rather than go. It is totally crazy but with floods cutting off roads and covid in the Aboriginal communities it cannot be easy to organise anything
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